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Health Education

Ohio law does not permit the State Board of Education to adopt Health Education Standards in Ohio. Ohio law does direct schools and districts to include health education and other related topics at various times throughout its K-12 curriculum. This webpage provides legislative requirements and numerous resources to help support the development of a school’s or district’s health curriculum.

Helping Students Make an Informed Decision about Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation

Transplantation is one of the most remarkable success stories in the history of medicine. It gives a second chance at life to thousands of people facing organ failure and provides many others with active and renewed lives.

The good news is, anyone can make a difference and save lives through organ, eye and tissue donation!

Your students will make one of their first adult decisions as they begin to drive and are asked about registering as an organ, eye and tissue donor at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The new state requirement recognizes that many people do not understand what that question involves and -- no matter their answer -- it’s important to make it knowing the facts. The resources Donate Life Ohio provides make teaching donation straight forward and easy to understand. Speaking of easy, why not invite a donation expert to teach the facts for you? Donation educators travel throughout the state giving free, fact-based, non-persuasive presentations to high school students. You may even learn something you didn’t know!